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p.s. Hey. ** Kyler, Good, then, excellent news on the RS front! A banjo band that sings songs about the fact that they play banjos sounds like the 9th circle of hell. I'm so sorry. ** David Ehrenstein, Ah, cool, you on the second most famous Crowley! Everyone, The expertise-infused Mr. Ehrenstein has written extensively and, no doubt, superbly on Mart Crowley, best known today as the author of the sharp and pioneering play/film 'The Boys in the Band', as well as about 'TBitB' itself. A super treat for all and sundry. Hit this link and be wised up and entertained, won't you? ** Rewritedept, Thank you for another stellar and popular day, sir. My brain is weird this morning, and I can't think of favorite starter songs to add to the pile. 'Universal Truths' is maybe my favorite post-original-band-members-GbV album. Nate Farley: yes. No, I'm not in Germany, I'm in Paris. Work got done there, yeah. Enough work? We'll see. I'm not worried. Shit, sorry about the home life stress. You and Brian can't just talk it out like chummy adults? ** Steevee, That was a very nice surprise, wasn't it? Definitely a curiosity, I think, even more so than Jobriath, although no harm or sin in that. At the time that he/they were most active during the early punk days, they were already kind of a weird, dated-seeming act from the Glam era. But then LA had a healthy and terrific bunch of overtly queer and 'pushy' and more sonically adventurous bands at that time like Nervous Gender, Screamers, Catholic Discipline, Human Hands, B-People, Monitor, and others. ** Sypha, Enjoy your annual trip! I'll be away from here for two days next week myself on a kind of vacation although not an annual one. ** _Black_Acrylic, Howdy, pal. ** Dan Shea, Hi, Dan. Wow, what an excellent and meaty and giving and beautifully put comment there, thank you, and please accept a doffed hat! Fascinating choices. ** James, Hi. Thanks for your choices, and, personally, for squeezing in GbV. It is starting to get hot here, yes, unfortunately. More muggy than hot so far, but the mug is always the worst part. Paris is largely bereft of air-conditioning for some reason, tradition perhaps, but luckily my place has a decent cross-breeze. ** Marilyn Roxie, Hi, Marilyn! I did enjoy them! Ooh, 'Avalanche' is a great choice! Not that our others aren't too, of course. That one just popped out for some reason. ** Schlix, Hi, Uli. A lot of good picks there to my mind, man. I'm about 90% sure I won't be at the premiere. It would only happen if Gisele tries to strong-arm me into going and succeeds, and I don't think the latter part of that equation is possible. I'd like to see the piece's dawn, but, since it'll be the German version, and since everyone there will be German and respond/talk in German, etc., I imagine myself not getting how well the premiere went and then sitting around bored the rest of the time, so, yeah. But if you go, I'll be very, very interested to see what you think. Like I've said, it's very, very different than anything Gisele and I have made before. ** Misanthrope, Actually, I think 'Break on Through' is the best Doors song by a landslide, so no sweat on my brow. If we're extremely lucky, 'TVC' might play in NYC in November, but I think it'll be too short a time to set up a gig set in NYC by then. We're trying, though. But if Thurston were gay he wouldn't have hooked up with Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth might not have happened, so I'm happy that he's straight. But then, you know me, 'fellow gay' is not my thing. Shared gayness doesn't in and of itself create any feelings of fellowship in me. ** Bill, Hi, B. The LA gig of 'TVC' just got delayed until next year, I think. Cool about the new Greenaway. I'm in the mood for Greenaway at the moment, and that's not the world's most common of my moods. Sure, Peter de Rome. I used to see his porn in theaters back when that was the only place you could see gay porn. Interesting stuff. That 70s period when gay porn tried to be art is so curious. It mostly ended up creating films that were neither successfully artful nor sexy enough, but they're interesting things to watch now albeit with a finger near the FF button. ** Adrienne White, Hi! Lurking is totally okay, you know, and I'm so happy you're out there. But just know that I'm always interested to hear from you whenever it feels right, and that you are not capable of being uninteresting, my pal. Ooh, 'strange' in what sense? 'Stream of consciousness note from Persephone: you have to know how intriguing I find that, as a dude and as a writer. Love, me. ** Cal Graves, Hi, Cal! How's it? What a wonderfully eclectic list! Buddily, Dennis. ** Okay. I'm putting one of my own works up here this weekend. Since doing that usually seems to mute and shut people up around here with exceptions, I'll anticipate nada to be safe, and you do whatever you like, and I'll see you on Monday.